Question Period Note: Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025-26 (Government-wide)

What is the $9 billion of funding in Supplementary Estimates (A) for?

• The 2025-26 Supplementary Estimates (A) presents $9 billion in incremental spending, which includes $8.6 billion in new voted spending and $467 million in forecasted statutory expenditures for employee benefits.
• The 2025–26 Supplementary Estimates (A) includes historic investments in Canada’s defense and security capabilities which are aimed at enhancing Canadian Forces’ equipment, training, and readiness capabilities, boosting security within our own borders and contributing meaningfully to international defense partnerships.
• The Supplementary Estimates also include important investments in funding for digital tools and capabilities:
o $370.1 million for Communications Security Establishment Canada
o $180.2 million for Department of National Defence

Supplementary Estimates present information on additional spending requirements which were either not sufficiently developed in time for inclusion in the Main Estimates or have subsequently been refined to account for developments in particular programs and services.
Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025–26 presents a total of $9.0 billion in incremental budgetary spending broken down as:
• $8.6 billion to be voted, a 3.8% increase from the 2025–26 Main Estimates; and
• a $467.0 million increase in forecast statutory expenditures for employee benefits.
Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025–26 has a single focus: to ensure that the Defence Team has a solid foundation of personnel, equipment, training, and supports it needs to be ready to respond to today’s global security environment. The funding in Supplementary Estimates (A), 2025–26 is for only two organizations:
• the Department of National Defence (DND); and
• the Communication Security Establishment (CSE).
Both organizations are seeking funding for digital tools and capabilities ($370.1 million for CSE and $180.2 million for DND).
Additional new spending by the Department of National Defence is for:
• recruitment, retention and support programs for the Canadian Armed Forces ($2.1 billion);
• defence research and development and support for the Canadian defence industry ($2.1 billion);
• military aid to Ukraine and to expand defence partnerships ($2.0 billion);
• strategic military capabilities ($1.0 billion); and
• new and existing Canadian Armed Forces equipment and infrastructure ($833.7 million).

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